The Wilber Symposium on the christian tradition and non-violence presentation was in reference to Dorothy Day, the end of the “Forever War”. The presentation began with a brief description of the meaning of social justice led by Dr. Keith Soko. A question that social justice asks is the question of what is a good society? Some main points of this was that social justice deals with fairness and is more long-term than things such as charity, which only addresses immediate needs. Social justice provides help for years ahead versus just once. This is where Dorothy Day came into topic as she was dedicated to providing help for the long term such as ending war for future generations. Next, Dr. Keri Manning continued the presentation by providing us with her expertise on Dorothy Day. She began by giving us a background of Dorothy’s life and explained why Day was such a major figure when it came to topics of non-violence. Dorothy was a journalist who wrote for The Catholic Worker newspaper. She typically wrote about topics such as poverty and workers rights. Dorothy then had a daughter and decided to baptize her in the Catholic church, which then sparked her interest in Catholicism and later converted herself.
Later, Dorothy wrote about how she wanted to find a way to
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In the past I have heard her name, but never knew anything about her. I do agree with the topics that she stood up for such as helping the poor, standing up for the working class (their rights), and her position on war being unjustifiable. I admire the fact that she spent her whole life trying to help others in need and was bold enough to act on things that she knew were wrong. For a woman who had protested such things during that time in history shows how much courage and passion Dorothy had for her beliefs. I imagine there were numerous women who were too scared (understandably so) to speak out during that